 Hirsutism
"Hirsutism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A condition observed in WOMEN and CHILDREN when there is excess coarse body hair of an adult male distribution pattern, such as facial and chest areas. It is the result of elevated ANDROGENS from the OVARIES, the ADRENAL GLANDS, or exogenous sources. The concept does not include HYPERTRICHOSIS, which is an androgen-independent excessive hair growth.
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D006628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C17.800.329.750 C23.888.971.468
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hirsutism" by people in Profiles.
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Torres-Zegarra C, Sundararajan D, Benson J, Seagle H, Witten M, Walders-Abramson N, Simon SL, Huguelet P, Nokoff NJ, Cree-Green M. Care for Adolescents With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Development and Prescribing Patterns of a Multidisciplinary Clinic. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Oct; 34(5):617-625.
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Wierman ME. Hyperandrogenic Anovulation: Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2021 03; 50(1):1-10.
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Ravi SJ, Cree-Green M. Use of Successive Pharmacologic Hormone Suppression Testing for a Severe Presentation of Adolescent Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: A Case Report. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2019 Jan-Dec; 7:2324709619850215.
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Engmann L, Jin S, Sun F, Legro RS, Polotsky AJ, Hansen KR, Coutifaris C, Diamond MP, Eisenberg E, Zhang H, Santoro N. Racial and ethnic differences in the polycystic ovary syndrome metabolic phenotype. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 05; 216(5):493.e1-493.e13.
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Carreau AM, Baillargeon JP. PCOS in adolescence and type 2 diabetes. Curr Diab Rep. 2015 Jan; 15(1):564.
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Rothman MS, Wierman ME. How should postmenopausal androgen excess be evaluated? Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2011 Aug; 75(2):160-4.
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Legro RS, Schlaff WD, Diamond MP, Coutifaris C, Casson PR, Brzyski RG, Christman GM, Trussell JC, Krawetz SA, Snyder PJ, Ohl D, Carson SA, Steinkampf MP, Carr BR, McGovern PG, Cataldo NA, Gosman GG, Nestler JE, Myers ER, Santoro N, Eisenberg E, Zhang M, Zhang H. Total testosterone assays in women with polycystic ovary syndrome: precision and correlation with hirsutism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Dec; 95(12):5305-13.
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